The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-22 00:00:00

11( Y MARKET. AND °°MtitOIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There has been a very active demand for mone tary ace° ran:iodation to-day in the general discount market, Where the lowest rate charged for the ne geliitip of first-cl ass bil ls is on a level with the lainittittai of the Bank of England. The equality Of the two q th e el uotations a r i ses out o f t h e uncer t a i n ty f elt re girdiag th e b ullion movements, for should portaticn of the precious metals be continued Pr°b a large scale, although it is not considered as , I ble, a further m ovement i n t h e o ffi c i a l ra t e o ' f °lll4 no doub t b e made. The available reserves t_ the joi nt - stock and private firms, however, are 41312:eatly large for commercial purposes. u As nlight have been anticipated the Bank of glatcl return is of a very unfavourable chum t b e e, the re being a. large diminution in the stock of uii " a dci nd reserv e of notes, as well as in the private I:l)°stte, but on the other hand the other securities re slightly reduced. Active Circulation 'Subjoined is an analysis. i ) .. £20,827,195 Bullionee rease 63,700 Decrease • • •731,488 In c Rest 12, 974, 109 • 3,4`65,225 • • r.ea.se :: • • Public Deposit; Increase .. O ther Deposits.. Decrea se •• .. " Seven bay and other Bills • • r, erntnDecrease .. • • `")v ent Securiti es " • • • • 39,364 ' • • 5,689,074 • 424,977• 13,879,877•• 1,531,917 618,598 14,327 11,077,189 O ther S ecurities No alteration. •.. 20,271,671 Notes ', cre ase : •. : 283,715 6,128,295 _curueraployed " • • Th e t/e. ease 795,890 tlihlnternational Financial Society have given e ti j, 4 , th , lit On further application for the shares of Sat ur :, l3 ' Securities Company wi,l be received after 11 5 - : 4 Y) the 233 inst., from London, or Monday, 24°03, from the country. atie °Petations in the Foreign and Colonial Pro. 4,::+larkets during the last few days have been on barely iiitlited scale. Sugars have sold slowly at f te a i,,l3tevicus rates, while at the public sales o . prices qualities' have slightly given way in forger "fr ee, however, has fully maintained they, ,q u Qtatio ns ; while in rice, fruit, and spices totititll'a: be en no material change. Tallow fc'tlivEtr,ie'd4l4ive, the inquiries for both present and -e ' iver Y having been very limited. Two o'CLOCK. es tel42tp!aris, this day, according to Mr. Reut 6 e 6f. a 7 : • -, - - 4 1, the French Three per Cents. were Thu6f* 350. Plat. tib e ja° u•re _,, e to Denmark tad, the concessions it was reported ception of the expected despatch hadrela quo- at; to Gert na rlY, has occasioned a reaction in t any t , Q cs at the Stock Exchange, although LI 16:ert:eterlelt.twnot.rseTt h h a e n E la n s g t l e is v h en E in u g n , ds Consolsa r are Th o eh t i a en b o g o N u 9e t o l i ti cit luoney, and 901 for the account. .1 Exche ,,rees and Reduced Annuities are 901 4 ; (114 r tills, 1 4s. to ss. dis. ; India 5 per Cents. 104; 1 41 ; and Enfaced 5 per Cents., 1041. In t h business is qt th e Foreign Market there is less firmness than d ill , close of business last evening, and 1 C. . Turkish 6 Per Cents., 1862, are 63, 67; do; S'4°lideB, 46 / • Mexicin, 35 Z I ; cl2naish Passive, 33/ a ; Portuguese, 47i ; It Greek, 22,- ilia : :), i i: ; and the Confederate Loan, 42 44. bee n the hallway Share Market the dealingsha t v n e be'Ll rather limited. Prices, however, continue d _ ; ilt.':ell sustained. Midland have improvLeinctlin, 15,n, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Great W . I t Euld Great Northern A Stock, thierBe-etni however, have declined 5 - 9 . ; Th o at," Yo rkshire, 10s. a l n ° d. s. ;Lanca /.117 dull, without any c hangs to record - °rei gn and Colonial undertakin d g i s n r y e a m ln a e in s L i. at st eady iklik 41ad Miscellaneouis Shares realise 61i : ; 14) Ptiees• London and County cglo•ltalian, i',..,:+ P rem.; s re m. ; 11%0.0 aritl.Westminster, 841 ; Union of London, 4 I -21; Anzio Austrian are quoted -4- 8 P , 1 Aren a ,. Land Sec urities, Ti 'I and National Shipping Company, i ,-; dis. Q,, 1311-ITISR FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. a Pei:'l''NUt'srr Ft , bitiCe4t" e qasol a .ills * % v . et . A.r.,,,,, t v,b .................. 11 9 0 0 : 1 1 2 . 1 1 New rit• Iteduced. ' 1 ' • • ... 904 - 1 New , 3ier c ent ... • ............... goi t z Ne l , 2 Pe" Cent. i'a' ................. _ 5 per ' V e Per A , Ce rlr• Ai? . a 194 Aututt tit --Lihuities 111tle8 Ditto3o rs , -an. 1873 itto fo s r , 3 „ Y , eXpre 6th J an 1880 — , D(R n'rs, expire sth April, 1885 — mitebteigtutoereilliZlLeolex,a2plhic 3 A p u L. Cent (712 5 die , A bitt o £5OO Ban E„,ialaci £lOO and £2OO Ilit ' St ", 41 per Ct., last hf.-yr. 237 I ndi a ii o; Go y sto , EIt:Nr:NIENT SECIJE,ITIES. D itto e " , 10i Per Cent Apri11874.... tot° "kee°aut .. " ... bit ° 6 Per Cent .......... .1 : '; ...... lO5 ±4151 4 4 I)ttt,,,Account. .. Y, I*, -.7 - 1051 '''? EtifaCed Pa :pi r.,.4. W 2 k,en....•••• ...... '" 5 Per Cent .. 1041 kasiii,POR:EIGN. FU NDS—ONE O'CLOCK. bitt il il t ter Cent ___ bitt e ° ' i, - - 9 and 1 ......... 4 Per ec u' Bs l 9- 2 SS-60 bitt bitt e -') 8 ° - 861 51 7 13, 1 a tr ip, s 1863 ( l ON A 1863 55' paid "gink).6"'Yre% 6 pe' r Cent (I b tl itt o 4 7'r Cent __,. °tt ir° rl‘4lweleCen 7 t i ll . . d . . - I per Cent ;;13,,ralisoalladn a d te Warrant — Gbittl7 Der Ce nt :'Pelt 5 -ecchd Issue .. 100 ! tiitttte 4DeceroCuelantt., 1 821-5, ex-Coupons.. 2 -i ii 'Neifbile''lrPons: .................. _ j )citto ,3 per Cent•.................. k"wrillt,e°l4lt ................ 1 , up '4,l3erial 5 Po. Cent ‘4 6 ._ -an kle . - b t z 2 per .... . .. ........ I, i bitt e lOet er „ ti . r ........... _ elii),:ftricl Warr' bitt kikef ie 6 an 2 (..i.ectar..f P b itt ' C ) ' q lNl Per C ent., Ex 2o _ eraoi ' er iP 6.. ........ paid — pm bi, '1 zp, L e n £l2 Ss. 3d• 1, , t 0 ko r t. .. --- - vt,t, ) ~ count ......... 1)01)Itto All Der C'en ................. Oititi4ee°'lllr ... . b i rte ke a t,er Ce nt., ...... li,tro% 'ourit ... tt h 'tto A l/E '' eent iii . ,d . ;-; .. ... , 60 6, , 3 47. -5 ,eeo trat , )11 .1 ' " Dina 0 13, ' i \ ‘4 Nr, Cen t , 1822, X, St 9ll biCi,tto ' C ellt 1850 B6l k4 l -ri itt ' ' 5 1) " ent 1 1 8 8 . 6 ,; ) ~.1,16,_ per 0.., .. S itt,„7:, D e , 'l,kt, 1862 .... .. _ 1,,,„;,4<,,,„,„ ~:zt .......... ttt . , ;;i:%t ktf. ................... . 81/ 4 l)t% I l t eutit ellt -- Di t , t ' ''' I\i:,• ui, •,, ,) 4 4: 4. ,,,, •r r „,., ti, • RE N 'l' ~ - ‘ 4 451 I ) %ni'''' An n ° C . ' .... b it 4F, ceroll4t. ''. ................ „„, , s 3 ~:ic. a t ; 0 k t ,,., 1 • Of •C0,................ 6_ , 52 .1 1 Aai. e- 41 11 A -1 11n t 1 1p not funded i'<ist ) ' ' Pe r • oit t ( i I, e• #.9ant .. I.o)itto°64lcee•ook'teat. 18 54 ... .. mite,to , p et . _ ... • ....... 4( 'eo ll : t 4 r• 1838 t,, tlei u • ... Iti t , q, tom_ ................ _to Aver se nt. ', .. r. ...... . Itf, Otq l , rit • 1 8GG • 6, ut'al,e e tlOu b•• • • a —otoB , t 4 :, A I," F ont ................ ___ ),'"tt, '''„ ceolm4, . .......... , it t ' Pe r C"' '• • .44,, is..)...kotoux,ellt., iss2 ~O,vicieticir ~I)it,i Per Cent a ° I: 1 the above payable in London. ` r iti,` ti e 1 Per, Ex. 12' Guil. 0 / I)itt,',s(lier eee4hts.•,Cietifiates , ' ... lOl/ --• eO , -- 1 .... 1861, X. 2o francs -,- fra ß „ l . 8 44 .............. )s •• • • 67i 1 ' 1'4,, 't oile ' TWO O'CLOCK. A%eittL, ••.................... 901 i •._._.____._.__.___.........•...... 'A iiiii-r•, -D4 - - - -L G—This Day. to hoN, ", Jan. -- tooeat2e2l)---Wind this day at noon—South ' I,l,;Takotrit reeze, and cloudy weather. k„,.. 1.114 1:1c1 Wind S .W. — Sailed—Clara, Ri .ver. I° ' 4, 1 t • s,, iie % 2 .--Wind S.W.—Arrived—Eliza, from tlo4 ---liermann, for Canary Islands—Result, fo ( - 14, 31 . 21 11, 1/ %, t —, ralt ar ed—Anna Martha, from Wt oii I t 4, r 141111(1 2, 4 S. W.—Arrived—S uper b , from villa. aO. y1•--Wind S.W.—Arrived—Arab, from A Orr It , )I tl tri, ~ subrETIC TELEGRAPH.) /111eit'' J. , 1,.. A. 2, GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. A. 'Cbril 0 " - JOh % rapeii Harley, from Demerara ; bt;M elll aes ; Victor, from Pro n.Tonsberg ttiet:Nd,,b 'N I lA' T 44 1411 8 4 DEAL, Friday Morning. t 114 ,) fql.'l) e lleriff e ~I n ati, for St. Michael's ; Tuscan, for e q. o, ,),,ii41,4'."),' Tenerife; Inez, for St. Michael's , r q t :lf t4e Ssri ta , Quivor, for St. Michael's ; Edward %, Il e , of N ieo ruz ; Maria Fredericka, for New- Nt....7,11a-...a1l Pbe, for Salcombe • Matilda Atheling, Vld ) Ner.rolQ London. ' V ateawer, from London, for Bilboa, f C 3rY .fitz , su J ov, t i ' d reoid° ,or to OP° - i;ov" hoIO SI S'ott B ' 1 0,11, lob osl fAarl siti" P ° orf 0- • C l 6 P'r'l ~,,,,,,,, b!c; este r°l gote l ' 3 ri. V t , t o f g esc a d of fro,,, OA oa Ar"' ;ari' ov er otiq ce 0 01. 68i81o8 o 1 111 llx s the 0 .t ,0 GP 0 4 Oel.' 0 toP oed'c't a n d flog Sr - 1 , .0 ie a I 1 001 ;1 1131"r bei li ‘ stiV e - • be 10laer8'04 gd v e' sre gd• SHARE LIARKE TS,--This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share'Paid.) Closing Business Railways. Price. tdone. Bir., Vol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 2ork and Bandon Cornwall Do A (A ti .... 6 - " p e t e e . p n a o n dig as . Do. B (been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun.,Pertln&Ab. Junc. Edinburgh Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk 8 8i 8} 8i 84 F 6 1281 1211 7 74 37 39 16 17 97 08 107 tc9 49 3 / 4 50 3 / 4 " 47 49 71 8.3/4 Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st I I .3reatNorthol Scotland • Itircat Northern Do A stock 127 128 1331 134 i, 134 136 97 98 65} (6 Do B do Gt. S. an I W. of Irelant; Great Western Do Str Val gna. stock m Lancashi & Yorkshire London and Blackwal! Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Sw.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. (t. W. of Ireland 110 i 111 72 73 104 105 43 44 107 1071 101.4 10:4 5u 51 103 101 1281 1291 14 14d 97 99 Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick 52} 63 25 46 1031 104 Do,G.N.E. purchase Do . Lecds Do York 69 60 90i 90i Do Carliele•••••••••• North London Do New North Staffordshire 'N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. F., Aber. stoc , 125 130 1 2 p 77 79 11 114 124 120 93 45 98 100 Do Scot. Mid. stock .Shrews. and Welchpoch Shropshire Union 'South 'South Eastern ,South Wales York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWok. ;Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 18 66 !Taff Vale. . ' Do B Do C Ulster I Do Do ;Vale of Neath ;Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall iW. Hartlepool Har.&ll West Midland --Oxford Do Newport! Do Hereford! BRITISH R Railways Atlantic & St Lawrenta Bom.,BarodaeL.Cent Ind Gu. syer cent... Do. N r ew ... •• Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. Preference Buffalo, BrantotG odrich 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 187:- , Do. do. June 1, Iti:•f Cleutta.&S.Eastn.(l.lnl, Cape Town Dock Seri! Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext Do. do. Ii do. .. Grand trunk of Canada Do. Ist Fref. Bonds.. Do. co. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d ef. stock ... Do. do. dtferred...... Do. 4th l'ref. Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndial'enin.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim g•uaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Share,. Do. New ..... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with' t opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8.. [lndian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. 0. •• Do. 41 p. C. Extension De. 4A d 0...• • • Do. Fifth Extension. 3lelb.Corp. 6 p. c. Buds. Melb. & Dobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. e. 51ortg. Bds. Newßruu.swick Candu ClassA and B. N.ll.l.C'daa po Ist pt bds, I Soinde 'Do. Delhi ci Do. do Do. Punjaub Do. Do. Flo• Do. indus.St. .) 63 64 33 3i P4l osi 98 100 10 10; 38 39 9; 10; 0 7; 8 158 160 5 6; ; 2j 3; p, 84 87 170 175 SSIONS. Closing Prioe. 60 G 2 IC3 105 1 3 1 p 5i 6i 8 0 1(2 104 lot 103 106 107 100 104 P al , 20 21 73 75 59 61 66 68 53 56 60 52 40 t' 26 28 22 (4 IC4 106 t 11 1 : 1 •, 102 104 9i 10 11 104, 93 95 86 88 - iP 10L 104 93 100 VI 93 57 59 3 5 82 84 103 104 IU2 104 102 104 100 102 .3.14.1 , 9.15.4! COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - can.tiov. 6 p.c.J a &JUJ) •—• 1877-Si * 100 101 103 1025 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 113 05 1034 44 Do. dp. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 103 105 Do. 5. p. e. Jan.‘ta uly. 101' t 0 92 905 15 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 90 112 Cape C. Hope, 6 p c,1878 100 107 109 Do.Ap dt. Oct. 1880 100 109 111 110 Do. 11391 100 110 112 July, 1891.. 100 10S 110 - Ceylon. N0v.16 - iB, 6p c' 100 110 112 ,Mautiti as 6 per cent .. 100 104 106 105.4 Natal C iv. 6 per cent.. 100 P.B 110 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J ti.&Jul) 100 104 104 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 18),it 100 99 100 Du. sp. e.,lBri to 1) - 17f 100 994 10 1 4 Do. d0.,1888 itupwds 100 991 1 00 1 100 994 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. I sterling, 1875. lOO 103 105 'Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 109 111 IS. Aus G6p.c.1873.& up.. 100 109 111 bp.c. Ja.,t.Tuly 100 , Do. lo 11n.c. An.&t)ot.. 100 110 111 I 111 104 BRITISH MINES. 2 ICambrian Consol. Gold 1 a Rd Clifford Amalgamated.: 38 39 38 4 Dcvca G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 675 685 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 671 70 60 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd , 62. 4d par d East Caradon ! ".14.0 27 28 East Cara Brea.... .. . . 3.4.0 7 n "E. W'lltussel (Tavistk.)l 8.9.0 5 oa I Gam.&St.Aubyn ( Gwen ) 581 10 12 3reat South 'l'olgus 17s 44 41 'G. Wheal Vor (Ileiston, 40 15 17 Grenville Herod's-Foot 8.12 17 39 Hingston Downs 4 . 18.0, 3 35 Lady Bertha nargaret (tiny Lelaut 9/ 15 17 Starke Valley.. 4 Nlyndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 2/ 11 1 6 New Setun l9l so 00 —• North Downs 24 14 11 N.WI '1 Basset (111o4ain; 3.1.0 2.1 3 North Wheat Crotty .. 2,6.0 5 55 Par Consols (R. Blaze). Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 44 46 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 15 430 440 S. Cara Brea (Illogan).. , -- heal rran.(lllo4 - an, 1 18.18.9 575 625 E tray Park 5 Parnar Silv.. Lead Min 44 5 I I rin Croft 9 19 20 -- West Basset (Illogan) ll 11 12 W Cf radon (Liskeard, 5 19 21 West Set on. Wheal Basset (Mogan) 51 SO 85. Wheal Buller (Itedruth), 5 20 25 Wheal Kitty (ti.Lelant)' 2.0.6 WhealLudeott Wheal MaryAnn(lilen ) 8 134 141 Wheal Beton 585 450 160 1524 Wheal Tretawney (Lis ) 7 245 251 —!Wheal Union 3.17 r 3 85 PREFERENCE SHARES. Gt. Western, Wt. ➢iidland, Oxford, Ist guaranteedistock, 119 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 99 North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 10 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, dic., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 1031 LINES LEASED FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham, 4i per Cent., Ditto, Com. Fund stock, 5 per cent., 1011 I London, Tilbury, and Southend, 091 100} Midland Bradford pref. stock, 951 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (Um.) gua. 7 per cent., 171 Great Luxembourg, 111 Recite and San Francisca gua. 7 per cent.,ll7l 17 San Paulo (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., 71 i_igfrkDitto (all), 20 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 20k Turin and Savon a, Ditto (all), 11 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 121 Alliance Bank of Lona= and Liverpo,;,4 451 41 Ditto, new, 30 291 BABAaaullkictir°ooafAtlaiEusiitsgyaa.t.:p7a,6tnf2e a 2} Bank of 7,; um Ilm ", 13 1-3,hartc,red Bank of India, Australia, and China, 42 kA s .. - asolidated Bank, 1im.,11 101 - 111riglish and Swedish, Um., 4 Hindustan, China, and Japan (Um.), 32/ Imperial Bank (11m.), 23 21 Imperial Ottoman, 171 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Urn., 4 f London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 49 London and County, 618 f London Joint Stock, 881 London and South American, lira., 71 London and South-Western (11m.), 141 1 London and Westminster, 84 31 11 Merchant Bank, lim., 111 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 221 1 National Provincial of England, Ditto, new, 3.4 Ditto, ditto, 311 Oriental Bank Corporation. 611 Provincial of Ireland. 801 90 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (lim. ) , 7 1 1 Union of Ireland (lim.), 20 Union of London, 421 11 MISCELLANEOUS. Commercial Union (Insurance), 91 Crystal Palace, 321. Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lira., 31 Geu. Crc dit and Finance of London, Urn., ti I nternat i ona l Financial Society, Urn., 111 1 11 Joint 'stock Discount, 7 London Financial Association, Aim., 26 4 London General Omnibus Com pany, 24 madras Irrigation and Canal, 21 North British Australasian, Ocean Marine (Insurance),..l9l Oriental Gas (lim.). Ditto, new, 1 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 781 Royal Mail :steam, 791 Submarine Telegraph, 45 Thames and Mersey Alarine (Insurance), line., 74 100 5.4.0 100 TM SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1864. Private Bills in the House of Commons, THIS DAY. The following bills were passed by Mr. Smith as having •omplied with the standing orders :—Metropolitan Ground Union Railways, Shrewsbury Bridges, West Shropshire Mineral Railway (new lines), West Shropshire Mineral Railway (branches and alterations), Carmarthenshire Rail way, Llandilo and Teiffi Valley Railway, Llanelly Railway and Dock Company No. 2 (new line), Beckenham Sewers, Brighton Railway, and London, Chatham, and Dover Rail way, No. 2 (new line). (Before Mr. Frere.) Wrexham Water Works, Kingston and Eardesley Rail way, Drayton Junction Railway, Denburn Valley Railway, Belfast, Ballymony, and Ballycastle Junction Railway, South Wales, Tenby, and Milford Haven Junction Rail way, and Limerick, Foynes, Tralce, and Killarney Junc tion Railway. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF PROBATE. (Before the Judge;Ordinary.) ROBINSON AND HARWICK V. WINN. In this case the plaintiffs propounded the will of Mary Winn, which was disputed by her brother, John Winn, on the ground of incapacity. It appeared that the testatrix, who lived at Murfield, Yorkshire, became possessed, by the will of her father, of a leasehold house, and a joint interest in twelve other houses with the defendant. She died the 21st of last June, and by the in strument in question she left her interest in the 12 houses to her brother during his lifetime, and to be divided amongst her seven cousins at his decease. She also gave the plaintiff Robinson a life interest in the leasehold house, which at his death was to go to the aforesaid cousins, and she further gave Robinson and his wife the whole of her furniture. The plaintiffs were ap • pointed executors of the will by the testatrix, who died a few days after. The case was fully proved, and the learned judge pro nounced for the will, and refused the defendant her costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SINGULAR CHARGE OF ROBBERT.—Robert King, a tall, shabbily attired man, wearing a large beard and moustache, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing two silk pocket handkerchiefs and a victorine, the property of Mr. Charles Macey, linendraper, of 27, Great Titchfield•street. Samuel Edmonds, assistant to Mr, Macey, said—Between twelve and one o'clock yesterday afternoon the prisoner came to my employer's shop and selected goods to the amount of £26, at the same time handing me a cheque for £26, drawn by Joseph Kent on Messrs Raw and Co., Fur nival's-inn, and requesting that the goods might be sent to No. 89, Albany-street, Regent's-park. Direotly after the prisoner left two silk handkerchiefs and a victorine were missed—they having been seen safe by me a few minutes before the prisoner left the shop. I then sent one of our young men to follow the prisoner to see where he resided, and he followed the prisoner to the Model Lodging-house in Charles• street, Drury-lane, and then came back and in • formed me where he had traced the prisoner to. I then went with the young man and a constable from Bow-street to the Model Lodging-house, and there found the prisoner asleep on a bench. The constable searched the place, but could not find the articles, and then woke the prisoner. The constable said he came about two handkerchiefs and a victorine, and the landlady said she had seen the articles offered for sale in the room. The prisoner was then taken to George-street, and charged. Prisoner—Did you serve me with the goods ? Witness—l did. Prisoner—Will you swear that I did not say I would take the handkerchiefs and victorino with me ? Witness—l will. Charles Vloodfall, 27 F—At 6 o'clock yesterday I accom panied the last witness to the Model Lodging-house in Charles-street, Drury-lane. I there saw the prisoner ap parently asleep. I woke him up, and asked him if he had ordered any goods that day, and he said he had not, but afterwards said he had. On taking him in charge, he said he knew nothing about the articles. I then took him to the station, and at 10 o'clock last night the articles were brought to me by a man named Rees. David Rees, lodging at the Model Lodging-house, said— Yesterday the prisoner gave me the articles produced to pledge for ss. I tried to do so, but could not. I returned with them, and finding the prisoner was in custody, I took the articles to the constable (the last witness). The witness Edmonds identified the property as that of Mr, Macey. Prisoner—lt is true I took the articles, but I was in dis tress. I have been only two months liberated from a lunatic asylum. Mr, Knox—The defence of insanity is now being com monly set up, but insanity is not a defence for such a charge as the present, and I shall therefore send you for trial, where you can set up that defence if you think proper. The prisoner was then committed for trial. Mr. - Henry Jenkins, licensed victualler, of Upper Bel. grave place, was fined lOs or seven days for disorderly con duct at the King's Arms, Shepherd's-market. The defendant went to the house of Mr. Jackson, the King's Arms, Shepherd's-market, and made use of very disgraceful language to his niece, whe is living barmaid with Mr. Jackson, and at last him conduct became so dis orderly that he was taken into custody. THAMES. ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE.—John Donnelly, a mariner, and Johanna Newman, a woman of the town, were brought be fore Mr. Partridge, the former charged with violently assaulting William Mallard, a plater's labourer, the other with breaking windows. The complainant's features were frightfully mutilated, and his clothes were covered with blood. Ho stated that he occupied a house in Sun-street, Poplar. The female had been a lodger there nine months. She was the wife of a seaman, who was now on a foreign voyage. The male prisoner had been in the practice of visiting the woman. About a month ago he gave the woman notice to leave his house in consequence of her general disreputable con duct. A short time afterwards Donnelly met h 4 m in a public house and abused him and asked him if he had given Johanna Newman notice to quit. He said he had done so. The prisoner said before I go to sea again I will leave a mark on you that you will never get rid of. Last night he was seated in his chair by the fireside when both prisoners rushed into his room. Donnelly struck him a heavy blow with his fist and knocked him out of his chair. Before he could rise the prisoner knocked him violently about the head, face, and body—as many as 7or 8 kicks were inflicted upon him and two of his teeth were knocked out. He lost a good deal of blood, and had been in great pain all night. The prisoner Newman broke five panes of glass while this was going on, and he believed instigated Donnelly to commit the outrage upon him. Ho became insensible from blows and kicks, and was carried out of his dwelling to the station-house, and attended by a surgeon. Police-constable Gray, No. 2G5 K, stated that he found the prosecutor bleeding in his room, and took the pri soners into custody. Newman, a strapping Irishwoman, said she was a pros titute, and that Mallard kept a bad house, and beat her and robbed her. Her husband was at sea, and as he had not left his half-pay for her she was obliged to go on the town. Mr. Partridge committed Donnelly for trial, and fined the woman 2s. for breaking five panes of glass, in addition to 2s. 6d. the value of the glass, and in default seven days' imprisonment. WESTMINSTER. A VERY INGENUOUS DEFBNCE,—TIIE TRUMPETER AT CREMORNE.—James Jabey, an elderly man, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a cloak from a shop door. Mrs, M‘Mahon, of 7, Little Chapel-street, Westminster, said that there was a cloak hanging just inside her door for sale yesterday. At about half-past four the prisoner lifted it down from the nail on which it was hung, and took it next door for sale. She was told that her cloak was stolen and where she should find it ; and she accordingly followed into a shop, where she found the prisoner, and, shaking him, she inquired how he dare steal her cloak ? He said he knew nothing about it, but that did not satisfy her, as she found it beforo him on the counter. She then gave him I into custody. Prisoner—l did not take it, Mr. Selfe—The woman says she found you in the chop with her cloak. Prisoner—l can perfectly account for that. I saw a boy steal the poor woman's cloak, and I followed him into this shop, where he went to sell it, in order to secure it and get book the cloak, Mr. Selfe—ls the shopkeeper here ? Mrs. Bull stood forward and said that prisoner came into her aunt's shop and offered the cloak for sale, but she re fused to buy it after some conversation with him, and he went two or three doors off with it. Mr. eelfe—Did he follow any boy into the shop with it ? Witness—No, He brought it tu himself, There was no boy there at all. Prisoner—Oh, ahe had been drinking, your worship, and does not know what occurred. Witness—Dear me. Oh, your worship, a teetotaller. I have been so these five years. Mr. Selfe —That may be, but you know sometimes— Witness—Oh, never, I assure you. Mr. Selfe—ls prisoner known ? Dennis, the gaoler—He was the trumpeter at the Cre morne Tournament. A policeman said that when he took the prisoner last night he found he was intoxicated. Prisoner having elected that the magistrate should dis pose of the case, he was committed for six weeks to the House of Correction. FEDERAL LOSSES AT CHANCELLORSVILLE.—The official report issued at Washington respecting the Federal killed and wounded at the battle of Chancellorsyille, gives 28,000 as the total loss of Union soldiers. " Gentlemen,—l am directed by Secretary Sir G. Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 15th inst., which he received on the 18th inst. "While the magistrates in whose names that let ter was written entirely agree that it was impos sible for the Secretary of State to refuse the inquiry recommended by the judge into Townley's state of mind, they appear to think that the inquiry could have been conducted in the same manner as an in quiry in the case of a commission of lunacy directed by the Lord Chancellor where the sanity of a per son possessed of property is in question. They ask, ' by should an inquiry involving the momentous issue of life or death, and which thereby affects the reasonable sense of justice in the masses of the p eople, be conducted in a less satisfactory manner than an inquiry touching property only ?' The answer to this question is, that in the one case the Legislature has prescribed the manner of inquiry, and has provided the means of its being publicly conducted, the evidence being taken on oath before v. judge and a legal commissioner specially appointed to preside over it, or one of the judges, if the Chan cellor shall so direct. In the other case no such provision has been made. It was not, therefore, in the power of the Secretary of State to direct such an inquiry, nor is it in his power to direct a public inquiry, with evidence on oath, into the state of mind of any person. The inquiry which he did institute, in order to obtain the information which was requisite to solve the doubt suggested by the judge and to guide him is the discharge of his duty, was necessarily of the same nature as those which have on previous occasions taken place in cases in which, notwithstanding the conviction of a person of a capital offence, doubts have been sug gested as to whether, owing to his state of mind, the sentence of the law should be carried into effect. " As the actual order of removal to Bethlehem Hospital was founded on the certificate of Dec. 29, signed by two county magistrates, the validity of which you do not impugn, it is scarcely necessary to advert to your statement as to the alleged inva lidity of the first certificate. I am, however, to inform you that the Secretary of State is advised that its being signed on a Surday did not render it invalid, as it was not a judicial act within the mean ing of the rule stated by the magistrates ; and that, although it was signed only by one county justice, the other two magistrates being justices for the borough only, the terms of the statute are not free from doubt as to whether the borough justices had or not authority to sign it. . . " You inform Sir George Grsy that, in the opinion of the magistrates, Dr. Goode and his coadjutors, meaning thereby, it is presumed, the justices who signed the certificate, did not intend to sign a document which would be obigatory on the Secre tary of State, and they submitted that the certifi cate being expressed in terns directly opposed to the publicly declared intention of those who signed it, ought not to have an effect contrary to such in tention.' No statement which could support this opinion has ever been receives by Sir George Grey from any one of the magistrates or medical men by whom either of the certificates were signed, and until he read thi s p a ssage in your letter it never occurred to him as possible that, in signing the cer tificates, and ferwardiug them to the Secretary of State, the persons certifying were not fully aware of the nature and effect of their certificate, or that they did not intend that it should be dealt with by the Secretary of State in conformity with the statute, with the provisions of which they had care fully complied. After the doubt, however, which you have suggested on this point, Sir G. Grey has thought it right to call on the magistrates for an explanation of the course which they took upon this occasion, and for any observations they may have to make as to this part of your letter, and also as to the assertion that Townley's removal to Bethlehem was effected by the agency of his soli citor and by the expenditure of money. He has also desired the governor of the gaol to inform him by whose authority he admitted to visit and examine the prisoner the two medical men who si g ned the certificates and the two borough justices who signed the first certificate,assurning you to be correct in saying that they had no authority to act in the county gaol, though situated within the borough. " With regard to the entries in the surgeon's journal of the 25th August and 6th October, which the visiting justices for the first time brought under the notice of the Secretary of State in their letter of the Bth inst., Sir George Grey can only repeat the expression of his regret that, considering the importance now attached by the visiting justices to these entries, they wholly overlooked them for so many months, and did not discover them and send copies of them to the Secretary of State till it was too late to render them of any practical use. " Yon say that the report made by the Lunacy Commissioners on the 28th December seems to the magistrates not to support the certificate of the two justices and two medical men. Sir George Grey has already informed you that he was not called upon to act upon that report alone. Had he been so, although the commisioners say that for the reasons set forth in their report they could not con sider Townley to be of sound mind, Sir George Grey yet would not have felt justified from the general tenour of the report in assuming that his unsoundness of mind was such as to exempt him from the penal consequences of an act for which, accord ing to the law laid down by the learned judge, he wa s legally responsible. But whatever was the pur port and character of that report, it could not affect the valid it y of the certificate. In one point of view only was the opinion of the Lunacy Com missioners-Tow nl ey was not of sound mind material. thatltgave this additional weight to the certificate, that it precluded the Secretary of State from supposing what he would in any case have been reluctant to do, except on the clearest proof, that four magistrates and two medical men had, with outandany de i b probableeta intention and with the wilful of obstructing the co urse of justice , si gned a certificate of Townley's insani t y . Had any magistr ate thus wantonly and cor ru ptly abused the power with ra grounds, which his office invested him, it is unnecessary to say that he would have proved himself wholly unfit to be continued in the commission of the peace, and would have rendered himself liable to a criminal information. Whether any alteration shall be made in the law applicable to a case of this nature is a question which will not fail to receive consideration, but it is one on which Sir George Grey does not think it necessary to enter in this letter.—l am, gsntlemeu, your obedient servant, 1 . 1. WADDINGTON. Middle judges at dinner in disiler.T Justiceemple Mn. JUSTICE SIEEE.- - Y oter daY evening (being their beautiftil hallo T he guests invited, and who were " Grand Day") the begncri.leirusstoilthmee present, included the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, entertsitted several of he r Majesty's Mr. Justice Williams, Shee, and Lord Justice Turner. A large number of the benohers attended, including the newly -appointed Queen's Council, Mr. Gray, and Mr. J. G. Powell, M.P., of the Oxford Circuit. Th e new judp of the Court of Queen's Bench, Mr. Justice Shee, met with a most enthusiastic re ception from the barristers and students. COLONIAL MONEY -ORDER-OFFICE.—On the Ist of February, and t h e nceforward , money-orders will be issued by all money-order ores in the United Kingdom the Aeleny of T rinidad, at I same rates of charge and on - regulations to t hose ose already in force with wider the 5,.. 1 - 11, -;e3 with which money-order business respect to other cow— . 4 of Spain, Trinidad. Money is transacted, namely, Poi. 'ffice on all money-order orders will also be issued by Ws ,_ offices in the United Kingdom, -', oply of THE UTILIZATION OF SEAWEED.—The e. , "" seaweed on our shores is practically inexhaustible, be..._ estimated at 21,000,000 tons pe7 annum; while the present consumption, both for kelp and for green manuring, does not leach 1,000,000 tons. The wrack cast up on our shores during the winter season is the largest in quantity and the most valuable in quality, and it is now proposed to save and th y this artificially by a contrivance for burning wet fuel, and by which the seaweed itself is made to contribute towards the heat required for drying largo quantities, at a cheap rate, at a ll season s of the year. I have also been thus particular in mentioning Samuel's regular compliance with all the duties of a Catholic, because the unhappy man denied, and persisted in denying, that he ever had been a Catholic. He left Norwich and removed to London soon after the death of his wife. Up to that time he had continued in the profession of the Catholic religion. Both his children were born in Norwich, and baptised by a priest there. His subsequent career is unknown to me, but I never heard of his actually changing his religion, nor do I think that he ever did. He evidently fell into vicious habits and evil company, and lost the precious treasure of Faith, and, probably, all sense of religion. After the commission of his last dreadful crime he knew what would be required of him, as a Catholic, before he could make his peace with God, and, most probably, had not the courage to go through it, after the wicked course of life in which he must have been for some time involved. So, on his first committal at Newgate, he declared himself a Protestant, and on his removal to Horsemonger-lane Gaol he persisted in the same. If he had chosen to turn Protestant, he was free to do so, and abide by the awful consequences of renouncing his Catholic faith. But the worst, and to me the most unaccountable, part of his conduct was, that he denied ever having been a Catho lic. He admitted that he had been a few times in a Catholic chapel, and was married in one, but persist ed in declaring that he never was a Catholic. Thus this un happy man, to his other dreadful sins, has added wilful lying and epos tacy ; and with these upon his soul, has passed into eternity I It may be judged how painful his sad history was to me, who had known him innocent and happy, regular and edi. fying, and had had him for several years under my spiritual care. I thought it probable that a few lines from his former pastor might produce a favourable effect upon this unhappy man ; and accordingly I wrote to him on the 3d of January. This letter has been alluded to in several papers, but its contents have been wrongly represented. In the Daily Telegraph, it was stated that my letter "fervently entreated him to abjure the doctrines of the Protestant Church ;" but I never said a word about the Protestant Church. I had heard indeed of his denying his faith ; bat in my letter, I did not make the least allu sion to that denial. I wrote as if I supposed him still to be, as I had always known him, a Catholic. I reminded him of the happy days of his youth and innocence, and ex pressed my hope that all the religious instructions which he had received here would revive in his mind in his sad con dition, and move him without delay to repent and make hie peace with God. I assured him that his crimes, great as they were, were not too great to be forgiven by God's infi nite mercy, provided that he sought forgiveness in the pro per manner; and that for this purpose I exhorted him to lose no time in seeing the Very Rev. Provost Doyle, who was a great friend of mine, and to place himself entirely under his care, who would guide him safely after all to save his poor soul. He was certainly well pleased with my "kind and welcome letter," as he himself called it; and his brother Michael begged of him to read it over and over again, and do what it exhorted him to do ; but unhappily it produced no further effect. He chose to be attended by the Protes tant chaplain. Two letters have appeared in the papers, which he wrote before his execution. One was written on Sunday, the 10th, and the original is now lying before me. It was ad dressed to his mother. in-law, the mother of his late wife, with whom, as already mentioned, is his elder little girl Fanny. The Telegraph gave this and another letter written the next day to his own poor mother, as if botb had been addressed to her ; but the irst was to his mother-in-law, living here at Cossey. In the first letter he mentions hav ing received "a kind and welcome letter" from me, but makes no further observation upon it. Deeply as I have felt for him, as his former friend and pastor, and anxious as I was to do anything to rescue him from an ignominous death, I must own that I could see nothing whatever in his case to extenuate his crime, or call for the extraordinary feeling manifested in his favour. I am persuaded that if Townley's case had not happened just before, little or no notice would have been taken of poor Wright, or sympathy shown for him. Though I grieve acutely for the shocking crimes and untimely end of one for whom I always felt great regard and pastoral affection, I consider his fate as but too likely to follow from the course of his life in the latter part of it. He began, as too many do, by neglecting his religious duties; by degrees he became hardened and indifferent about them, and got entangled in vicious habits and evil company. The precious gift of faith was withdrawn from him, and at last his un controlled passions led him to that dreadful crime which cries to heaven for vengeance. Though few go thus to the extremity of crime, his fate should be a warning to all o" the dreadful danger of neglecting the sacred duties o religion. Cossey, Jan. 16th, 1864. F. C. iIIISENBETH, D.D. More of Mouravieff's Cruelties, Private letters from Lithuania to the 25th of De. cember are lamentable. One of the latest acts of General Monravieff was to order the general com manding the district of Jezorosy not to appear before him until he had completely suppressed the insurrection in that quarter. The general came to the conclusion that it was useless to make any distinction in a country where the entire population is favourable to the insurrection, and he determined to strike a great blow. Having selected a colonel and two other superior officers notorious for their cruelty as his assistants, he arrived at Du slaty, a chateau belonging to the Counts Ladis las and Caesar Plater, which has been con fiscated by Mouravieff, and there established his headquarters. He commenced by transporting all the farmers on the estate en masse without any trial, and with them the Abbe Viotwaricz, the parish priest of Dusiaty—a man beloved by his parishioners. The Canon Macewicz was the next victim. Having got rid of all the clergy, the Gene• ral proceeded to the village of Aulozers, consisting of ten farmhouses. Determined, if possible, to dis cover the chiefs of the national organisation, he ordered ten peasants to be brought before him, the ,greater number of them being fathers of families, and having selected two, the bastinado was applied to them during the night. The following day he ordered ten victims to be led to the marketplace of Dusiaty, and in the presence of the neighbouring communes the General ordered that from 200 to 500 blows with a stick should be inflicted on each. He nevertheless failed to extort any confession from them. Their mutilated bodies were then removed, and the Gene ral ordered Norbert Urbanus, fifty years of age, and possessing great influence in the country, to be brought forward. He first spoke to his prisoner with great mildness, in order to induce him to give information, but he could obtain nothing from him. He then ordered that he should be beaten without mercy, and that his wife and two children should be committed to prison. Finding that all was in vain, the General endeavoured to terrify Urbanus by commanding that he should bo shot. All the preparations were made, and he was led to the place of execution. He there exclaimed with a firm voice, " You have commanded that I shall be shot, but that is nothing new here. It is not t wo months since we witnessed in this little town the death of one of our brothers. If it be necessary that I should die for the advantage of my country and of my religion, I do not fear death." He was then released. The General neat commanded that other villages, containing in all 117 houses and 500 inhabitants, should be plundered, and the inmates, men, women, and children, brought to Dusiaty, where they were exposed to cold and hunger in order to force them to give information. The pillage continued from the 7th to the 23d of December, and all the ,property of the villagers was sold for anything " . .red by the Burlaki, or " old believers." All the 'airal implements were given for n othing to • who rushed on the houses of the Polish 'fire population of Dusiaty and of -norted to Siberia. Of all -lot one offered to give -e e l. All bore their ,fidcnce of the QL the Burlaki, . peasants. The eh. Shopsistik were trap.., these unfortunate people information to the Ruesian Gent_ fate with fortitude, and in full Co— resurrection of their beloved oountryT THE TOWNLEY CASE. The following has been despatched from the Home Department, i❑ reply to the second letter addressed by the Derbyshire magistrates to Sir George Grey, respecting the case of George Victor Townley : " T. W. Evans, Esq.,M.P., and W. Mundy, Esq.,M.P. " Whitehall, Jan. 20, 1864. The Waterloo Road Murder, The following painfully interesting letter, in re ference to the murderer Samuel Wright, has ap peared in the Weeklg Register, from the pen of the Rev. Dr. Husenbeth, the Citholic clergyman whose name has already been referred to in reference to this matter : _ _ Sir,—As so many erroneous statements have appeared in the papers respecting the unhappy murderer, Samuel Wright, and as my name, misspelt as usual, has been intro duced into the accounts of the poor criminal's behaviour previous to his execution, it will, I think, prove acceptable to your readers to have a correct account of the man, and to see these various inaccuracies rectified, Samuel Wright was not born at Cossey, as represented, but came here with his parents from Norwich, about seventeen years ago, He was then about fourteen years of age. His mother soon after became a Catholic, and he and his younger brother Michael came under my spiri tual care. After a due course of instruction, both were admitted together to their first Communion in 1848. In the year following, they both were confirmed hero by Bishop Wareing. Samuel continued regularly to approach to the Sacraments, and to attend to every duty of the Catholic religion, while he remained at Cossey. He was married by me here to a Catholic young woman, nine years ago ; and soon after this they left Cossey to reside at Lowes toft. Afterwards they lived in Norwich till his wife died two years and a half ago, leaving him with two little chil dren, both girls. The elder of these ie just five years of age, and is here with her grandmother, the mother of Samuel's late wife. The younger is just three sears of age, and is in London with Samuel's aged parents. This I mention, because in several accounts it has been stated that both his children were in London. The Shakspere Committee consists of more than four hundred distinguished persons, drawn from the most opposite sides of the social circle—arch bishops and actors, judges and journalists, dis senting ministers and country gentlemen—a com mittee the very existence of which offers a great example of toleration, and to some persons appears to present an extraordinary suffrage in favour of dramatic poetry and the dramatic art. Such a body of gentlemen must be expected to have very diffe rent opinions as to what would constitute the most appropriate monument to the noblest of all poets. In such a body—where every man is a leader, a speaker, or a writer, with a claim to be heard—a conflict of ideas was inevitable from the moment that the site and monument came under discussion. there are perhaps as many projects as there are members of the committee. As to the most appro priate site, voices contend for Temple Gardens, Primrose Hill, Westminster, Kensington Gardens, and Stratford-on-Avon. And for each of these sites a great deal may be said, which the several partisans, and the newspapers at their command, are saying with great effect, and with a perfect want of unani mity. Ihe same thing happens with regard to every possible form of monument. A theatre, a library, a statue, an obelisk, a column, a Gothic cross, a Tudor chapel, an avenue, an alms-house, and a cathedral, have been suggested. An edition of Shakspere's works finds many friends. One pro posal is to create a fund to be employed in the annual performance of a number of Shakspere's plays, at one or other of the London theatres, on the plan of the Moliere representations at the Theatre Frainais. These suggestions are, doubtless, made with a sincere desire to see the poet commemorated in the most appropriate and beneficial manner. The conflicts which arise from these differences of opinion are quite legitimate, for they exist in the very nature of things. It is right to state our ideas — to ask that they shall have fair consideration ; and when they have been stated, and have had fair con sideration, it is graceful to yield them in favour of plans which command a larger measure of support. We hope and believe that such a course will be generally adopted by members of the Shakspere Committee; but we regret to see that some very warm and sincere advocates of a Theatre, on finding that their plans could not be carried in the com mittee, have withdrawn their names—a fact which seems to imply that they consider the form of monument to be of greater importance than all the other circumstances of the celebration put together. Surely this is an erroneous view to take. Are there no bases on which all may agree ? In the midst of all the discords of debate there seem to stand out some few central ideas, around which all, or nearly all, might gather. We are all in favour of obtaining a large and generous suffrage for Shakspere's art. We are all in favour of observing Saturday, April 23, as a general holiday. We are all, or nearly all, in favour of celebrating the birthday by the performances of Shaksperian drama and Shaksperian music. We ara all, or nearly all, in favour of promoting local celebrations throughout the country, to be commemorated in various cities by the foundation of scholarships, the creation of libraries, or the erection of statues. _ _ The site and charaoter of the monument might very well be left to time and the special committees which have been appointed to consider them. With regard to the question of the Executive, we presume that the gentlemen who constitute it, sixty-three in number—keep office only so long as they retain the confidence of the committee which gave them power. Since some of our contemporaries state that the names of the Executive are not known to the public, we may as well give the list :—The Archbishops of Canterbury, York, and Dublin; the Dukes of Devonshire and Manchester; the Earls Granville, Clarendon, and Carlisle; Lard Brougham, Sir Frederick Pollock, Sir Roundell Palmer, the Right Hon. William Cowper, the Lord Mayors of London and Dublin, and the Lord Provost of Edin burgh ; the Presidents of the Royal Society, Society of Antiquaries, Royal Academy of Arts, Royal In stitute of British Architects, the Architectural Museum, Society of British Artists ; the R.A. Pro fessor of Sculpture, the Master of Trinity, Sir E. B. Lytton, Sir R. C. Kirby, Sir C. Nicholson, Sir R. G. Macdonald, and Messrs. H. N. Barnet, G. L. Banks, H. G. Bohn, Rev. J. M. Bellew, Bayle Ber nard, Ernest de Bunsen, J. Stirling Coyne, W. F, Cosens, Charles Dickens, W. H. Dixon, J. Durham, J. H. Foley, Ernest Garbart, George Godwin, J. 0. Halliewell, F. Haines, S. C. Jeaffreson, J. Knight, J. Levy, Samuel C. Lucas, E. H. Lawrence, W. C. Macready, W. Marston, D. Maclise, H. 0 ttley, An tonio Panizzi, C. Reed, J. F. Robertson, D. Roberts, C. Stanfield, W. Tite, M.P., Alfred Tennyson, F. G. Tomlins, and T. Wright. Like every other body of gentlemen, these may be considered as ready to give way at any moment to a majority. If their ideas are not acceptable to the general body, let those who represent the more popular opinion come in and achieve the work. We cannot doubt that a new Executive would receive from the present mem bers every assistance in their power, including a Iconciliatory construction of all their acts. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market firm. Sales probably 3,000 bales or more. WEEKLY REPORT. Week's sales, 25,690 bales, including 3,120 on speculation and 4,560 for exportation. Actual ex port, 6,437 bales. Quotations :—Middling Orleans, 271 d. ; Mobile, 271 d ; Uplands, 27d.; estimated fair Egyptians, 270. to 27-td. ; Surats, 12d. to 251 d. eek's import, 40,648 bales. Estimated stock 266,500 bales. WASHINGTON IRVING'S DEATH.--On November the 28th, 1859, on retiring for the night, at half past ten, his niece Sarah, who always took charge of his medicines, went into his room to place them as usual, within easy reach. " Well," he exclaimed," " I must arrange my pillows, for another weary night!" and then, as if half to himself, " If this could only end 1" or " When will this end 1" she could not tell wh ich ; for, at the in stant, he gave a slight exclamation, as if of pain, pressing his hand on his left side, repeated the exclamation and the pressure, caught at the footboard of the bed, and fell back ward to the floor. The sound of his fall and the screams of Sarah brought the whole family in an instant to his room. I raised his head in my arms. Every means w as resorted to to recall animation, and continued until a phy sician—Dr. Carruthers, from a distance of two miles— arrived, who pronounced life entirely extinct. He had passed away instantaneously. The end for which he had just been sighing—the end which to him had no terror had come. His departure was sudden; but so he was willing it should be. In the fulness of years, with un clouded intellect, crowned with the warmest affections of his countrymen, and with an assured hope of a happy irtitcalasityp,irhateiohna.d,, I g v o i n th e a d ll o s w a n il , accor ding set." \Vho that loved to his own pat m m ia him would have wished to recall h . im?—irving's Life by his Nephew. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—CIIALE, ISLE OF WIGHT, Jan. 20.—The boat of the National Lifeboat Insti tution, stationed at Brighstone Grange, was instrumental to-day in rescuing the crew of the schooner Thetis, of and for London, from Portland, with stone, which, during heavy weather from the south-west, had foundered off St. Catherine's Point. The cost of this boat was presented to the National Lifeboat Institution two or three years ago by the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, by whom she was named The Rescue. She has since then been happily the means of rescuing about HO persons from shipwreck. The supply of barley on sale was tolerably large. Good and fine malting qualities were firm in price; otherwise, the trade ruled heavy, at late rates. Most kinds of malt sold slowly, at late currencies. The supply of oats on sale was moderately extensive. Generally speaking, the trade was quiet, but at full prices, for good and fine corn. For beans and peas there was a moderate inquiry, and the quotations were steadily supported. The trade for flour was in a sluggish state, at about stationary prices. The market was well supplied with English and foreign descriptions. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flom. English— 310 3lO lB4O 370 580 1ri5h.......... 1570 F0raign......28,080 16,820 11,130 1930 sks, 35,240 brls 12S 1311 noit Ir4l 5 431 1074 1022 5011} 1011 1291 i P 103} 4 Business don( 1051 103} 2i 101 41 THE SHAKSPERE CELEBRATION, (From the Atkenaum.) When a hundred gentlemen meet to discuss a question of taste, there will be at least a hundred conflicting opinions to consider and harmonise; so that a conciliatory spirit—a disposition to find out the common ground of agreement—will be neces sary on all sides if any visible action is to ensue. In the Shakspere Committee, this moderation of spirit is absolutely indispensable to success. An act of festive and reverential homage is one of the few things which cannot be performed by a majority. Yon can make a railway, or vote a bill, by a show of hands. But reverence for the great dead is an act of sentiment and sympathy, only to be performed in the midst of peace, harmony, and good-will. Take away any of these pleasant conditions, and the whole beauty of the common design is gone. One angry word will disturb a feast,—one explosive cry de stroy an act of warship. It peace and good - will cannot be secured in the congregation, nothing that is worth doing can be done. Are we incapable of so much moderation of spirit ? Alliance Bank of London and Liverpoo: MEETING TB:IS DAY. The half-yearly meeting of the. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool took place this day, Mr. J. N. Daniel in the chair. The report, which was unanimously adopte d, stated the accounts showed an available balance for the !half-year ending the 31st December last, of £26,689 15s. 5d., which with the addition of £243 16s. 11d., brought forward from the previous half-year, made a total of £2.6,933 12s. 4d. The directors proposed to apply £16,000 in paying a dividend at the rate of 6 percent. per annum, for the half-year, free of income tax, which gives 15s. per share on the original 20,000 shares, and 2s. per share on the new shares issued in July last, and after placing £2,000 to the reserve fund there will remain £5,933 12s. 4d. to be carried forward to the next account. The directors had to report that the whole of the new capital of £1,000,000, in 10,000 shares resolved in July last, to be issued at a premium of £5 per share, had been subscribed for, and was proposed that the £50,000 received for the pre miums be tranferred to the reserve fund. The CHAIRMAN stated that, as would be seen by tho large balance carried over to the next account, the directors could have increased the dividend, but they considered it prudent to build up a reserve fund before allowing the share holders to participate fully in the profits. The remunera tion of the directors was fixed at £4,000 a year, and that of the auditors at £5O each. According to a notice, it was re solved to change the name of the company, calling it in future " The Alliance Bank Limited," and omitting the words "of London and Liverpool." The dividend warrants were made payable on and after the 28th inst. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. A very moderate supply of home-grown wheat was re ceived at our market to-day, and several samples came to hand in poor condition. The demand for all qualities was in a sluggish state, at Monday's fall in the currency. With foreign wheat, the market way fairly supplied. The inquiry for all descriptions was, however, much restricted, yet no quotable change took place in prices, compared with Monday. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request, on former terms. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Only moderate supplies of town and country killed meat are on sale at these markets. Generally speaking, the de. mand rules inactive, at our quotations. Per 81b. by the carcase. sdad Inferior beef .. 3 0 3 4 Middling do. .. 3 6 3 8 Prime large do. 3 10 4 0 Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Large pork .... 3 6 4 2 Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 10 odsd Middlingmutton 4 0 4 2 Prime do 4 4 4 6 Vaal Small pork 4 4 4 G Lamb BOROUGH HOP. The supply of hops on sale is very moderate, and the trade both for English and foreign produce rules active, on higher terms. The currency is now as follows : Mid and East Kents £5 58 to £9 lOs per cwt. Weald of Kents 5 15s to 7 5s „ Sussex Bavarian Belgian American COLONIAL. TEA..-At public sale the biddings have been less ani mated, and common descriptions have slightly declined in, prices. SuGAE.—The market has remained very dull, and the tendency of prices have been downwards. Refined goods have also been offered at slightly reduced quotations. COPFEE.—There has been a fair demand for colonial de scriptions, and fully previous prices are current for good and fine qualities. Rim—Business has been very quiet, and the few trans actions entered into have exhibited no material change in values. , ___ TALLOW.—lncreased business has prevailed, although quotations have exhibited little variation. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 41s 9d ; March delivery, 42s 6d ; and April to June 43a per cwt. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE TATTERSALL'S-LAST ETENING. Although it had been expected that the publication of the weights for the Chester Cup would have excited the same amount of interest and spirit of speculation as usual, the coldness and apathy which prevailed to-day when the great spring handicap was introduced, even as a subject of con versation, were in singular contrast to the tone of the room on like occasions on former years. The merits of the han dicap were freely discussed, and although some considered it a very fair specimen of Mr. Topham's abilities as a han dicapper, there were others again who believed that some animals were ridiculously well in. Still, the latter did not seem inclined to back their opinions in a more practical form, and the consequence was that after giving their friends the full benefit of their "candid opinions," they left the room without striking a blow in favour of those they considered so very leniently dealt with. Layers were equally chary about taking the initiative, and the pros and eons of the afternoon resulted only in 20 to 1 being offered on the field. For the Derby 1000 to 60 was accepted three times about Forager, and Coast Guard further improved his posi tion s' me two points, having been supported at 1000 to 55, Closing prices : CHESTER CUP. 20 to lon the field (offered) THE DERBY. 13 to 1 agst Mr Ten Broeck's Paris (taken) 1000 to 60 agst Lord St. Vincent's Forager (taken) 1000 to 55 agst Mr Naylor's Coast Guard (taken) 30 to 1 agst Lord Westmoreland's Birch Broom (t) 30 to 1 agst Mr H. Hill's Ackworth (taken) 30 to 1 agst Mr Bowes's Claremont (taken) 33 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's General Peel (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr Ten Broeck's Idler (taken) 50 to 1 agst Mr G. Bryan's Horse Marine (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. FEBRUARY. Birmingham Harrow Chelmsford l7 Lincoln Spring 23 liungerford MA] Nottingham Spring 1 Derby Spring 3 Liverpool Shrewsbury Doncaster Spring Warwick .. 16 Durham .. 28 Northampton 29 Catterick 3O AP Croxton-park 1 Edinburgh Spring .. 2 Abergavenny Thirsk 5 111 Chester York Spring Salisbury. Bath IL. Epsom Spring ........ Newmarket Craven •• .. 11 Newmarket First Spring Z 5 Y. 18 Manchester 20 .. 21 E ll p a s r o p m enden ........ Chelmsford 2B New Forest Hunt 2B Ne wcastle-on-Tyne Worcest‘r (Summer) Ipswich .. Ascot Hampton l5 15 Newton Odiham B st i oc bu k r b y rid .... ... 23 B a nk of England Return,--Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria Gap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 20th day of Jan., 1864.: IBBIJE DEPLIMMENT. Notes issued .......£26.956,49U‘ Government Debt X11,015,1C 0 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 12,305,490 Silver Bullion .... X-26,955,490 226,955,4901 BANKING D Pi oprietorte Capi tal £14.553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis s sioners 01 Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- _ :PARTMENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead W eigh tAn nutty) £11,077,189 Other Securities 20.271,671 Notes Gold and Silver 668 , 09 Coin counts) 5,689,074 Other DepoFits 13,879,877 Seven Day and other Bills 618,599 £38,145.774 Al. £39,145,771 RS lIALL, Chief Cashier. Jan. 21, IS6I. MESSRS. BRIGHT AND SCHOLEFIELD.—It is now announced that these gentlemen will address their consti. Birminghamtue H nt A s m atßußG : Jan. 0. o 2 n pukTuesday e ne tarles of Glucks burg, eldest brother of King Christian, has arrived here from the Chateau of Louiserland, in Schles wig. He is said to have left the country atter baying refused to take the oath of allegiance t o his brother. The Hamburg .Ne t cs announces that a brigad o of Danish infantry has been sent from Schleswig to Flensburg, as well as the depot battalions of other brigades. The Schleswig-Holstein regiments will be divided in such a way among the Danish corps, that there will be only one German to four Danes. ITt , 21. i o the la foi a :11 a'a ~© ifOQl aCC °ll3' f CO' ; pt Or° 00 1 ' ) oor e, all t iv3 cl. 12.10 Shan 100 Sk I 20 stock stock stock stock stock stock, stolk , SSE Paid. 71 all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 10n all 100 (100 100 all 1 100 000_ 22 25 101} 4 103}